Attachment for type-writing machines.



APPLICATION FILED MAY II. 1915.

Patented Feb. 1, 1916,

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R. D. ANANSON. ATTACHMENT FOR TYPE WRITING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED MAY I7. 1915.

ran'tedeb. 1, 1916.

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T l@ Affi-@- M WM l -r A v f R; D. ANANSON.

AUAGHMENT FOR TYPE wRmNG MACHINES. v

AiPLICATION FILED MAY 17. 1915.

Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3 l .//wE/vro BICI-IARD 'D'. ANANSON, OF STIRLING, NEW JERSEY.:

ATTACHMENT iron TYPE-mimmo 'iviAcHiNEs ris, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Type-Writing Machines,V of

f which the following is a specification, .refer ence being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof. v My invention. relates to typewriting machines and has special reference to manifolding and paper cutting attachments therefor. One object ofiny invention is tov provide a simple and durable l attachment of the aforesaid character that shall be inexpensive to construct and that shall be adapted to be attached readily to well known commercial l typewriting machines.

Another object is to provide simple and improved' `means for. cutting the folds of a longitudinally folded strip of paper or fabric as it is ,being fed into a typewriting machine, whereby a plurality of independent superposed strips are' produced.

Another object is to provide means for suitably supporting a lurality of superposed typewriter ribbon strips, and means for guiding sheets or strips of paper between the ribbon,I strips whereby a plurality of ribbon copies are simultaneously produced.

Still another object .of my invention is to provide in aiilattachment of the character set forth, combined guidev and cutting means for permitting the ready removal of any desired length of paperfrom a typewriting machine which is supplied with a practica'lly continuous strip or strips of paper.

Another object is to provide a simple typewriter attachment which may be quickly and easily mounted on a typewriter inachine of usual constructionand which shall particularly adapt the machine for making out railroad or Steamship freight bills, or the like, together with two or more extra ribbon copies of thesame, the bills or the like being made up on printed forms repeated at close intervals on a continuous roll or stripv of paper which is folded longitudinall y a sufficient number of times to provide an 'original and such copies as are required, the attachment being adapted to guide the strip onto the typewriter machine, to cut the folded strip along the line oi' the folds to separate between the copies, to suitably -iiiaiigfold the copies without the use Specification of `Letters Patent.

the strip of paper.

'Patented Feb. 1, 1916. Application led May 17, 1915. Serial No. 28,523. l-

each separate billwhen completed, -together with the copies, to be quickly removed from the machine and from, the/,remainder of thi;

roll or strip.'

Referring to the drawings,- vFigure Ibis a '4 my invention;v the coperating parts of. 'al

typewriting machine being'also' illustrated'.l Fig. 2 is a View corresponding to -Fi'gg- '1,'

showing the attachment v4separate from the'v machine. A perspective' View of av manifolding ribbon whichisl adapted for' use with the attachment is shown in Figa 3. Fig. 4 is a plan view* of the attachment and Fig. 5 is a sectionalview taken on thev line 5 5 of Figil, the adjacent parte of. the typewriter machine being shown iij ,broken lines inthese'figures. Figs. 6"and'7 are sectional detail views taken respectively on thek lines 6-'6 and 7-7' of Fig. 4. Fig.'8 is a sectional view of a folded strip of paper such as the attachment is adapted to receive and to cut along the folds. Fig. 9 is a view corresponding to Fig. 8 showing the position of the cutting kniveswith reference to Fig. 10 is a detail perspectivevicw showing the paper guide and cutter at one sideof the attachment.-

The typewriter machine is designated by the reference character v12, vthe frame being shown in` broken lines in Fig. 1. The carriage 13 is mounted on the frame in the usual manner and comprises a transverse rod or bar 14n and a curved guide platel over which the paper is' fed between the platen 16 and a cooperating feed -roll 17. All of these parts are well known, are arranged differently in machinesof different makes and form no part of my present4 invent-ion.

rEhe attachment with which my invention is particularly concerned comprises aframe 20 `having a pair of similar side strips 21, two setsof transverse strips 22 and 23, each constituting a guide between which the paper. is fled as hereinaftenexplained, and

a tnansverse strip 2.3i. Riveted oi"otherwise suitably secured to the sidestrips 21 are brackets' '24 lwhich are adapted to be reinov ably securedby thumb screws 25 or other suitable means. to'tlie cross-'bar lbfof the typewriting machine.'v The set of stri ps 23 is located near the outer end of the attachment while the set 22V is located near its inner ics iic

end and over the guide plate 15 of the carrlage.

Near the strips 23 and secured to the side strips 21 Vare a plurality of cutters 26 which 5 are adapted to eXtend inwardly between the layers of a strip of folded paper, as clearly indicated in Fig.'9, andtocut the paper at the longitudinal folds as shown in Fig. l10.

Each of the knives'has an end projection 27 which tends to slightly separate between the sheets of the paper inadvance of the knife 4 which is indicated at 28. Near the opposite end of the frame from the cutting knives are a pair of ribbon' supports 29 which are curved Aat 30 to conform to the surface of the. platen 16 of the machine. At their inner ends 4they are pivotallyand removably "mounted on the side strips 21 by means of bolts 3'1 and thumb nuts 32, or by some other suitable means, which permits the removal of the ribbon supports as well as the clamping of them in position, as shown in full lines in Fig.v 4 and in Fig. 6. Each of the supports 29 has a notch 33 which is adapted to re- 25 ceive la loop 34 of typewriter ribbon as lshown in Figs. 3 and 4. The ribbon loop may readily be mounted in position on the supports 29 by swinging one of them about the bolt 31 as a pivot into the position 30 shown in-dotted lines in Fig. 4,. and then swinging it back tothe position shown in full lines with the ribbon in place.

In order to prevent the slipping of the lsupports 29, due to the tensionin the ribbon, I prefer to utilize projections .35 from the inner corners of the frame, to coperate with holes 36 in the supports. By this means each of the Asupports is fixed at two points and consequently will not lswing on its pivot 40 31 if it is clamped in place by the thumb nut 32.V i v The number of cutters 26. and the number of ribbon loops mounted on the supports 29 will depend upon` the number of folds in the paper strip which is to be used in the machina-for example, if the paper strip is folded twice, making three layers as shown in Figs. 8 and 9, only two cutters 26, one on each side, and. only a single loop of ribbon o are required. If, however, the paper were folded, say, three times, making five layers, four cutters, as shown in Fig. 4, become desirable and two sliperposed ribbon loops will be mounted on the supports. y The method of utilizing the machine will be readily understood from the foregoing description of the apparatus, but will now be briefly outlined as follows:-Assuming that a strip 40 of paper having two longitudinal. folds,rmaking three lays, a, and c, is' to be used in the machine, one ribbon loop such as 34 is mounted on the supports 29 and, stretched into position as already described. The strip 40 is then fed between the guide strips 23 as shown in Fig. 1.. The

1 platen.

edges are first cut back sufficiently to permit the end of the strip to be introduced into the machine so that the feed mechanism will activelyengage the end of the strip.

l A pair of the cutters 26 are then arranged 7 0 with reference to the layers a, Z1, and c, as shown in Fig.v9. f The strip is then led over the transverse strip 23, over the usual guide 15, and between the feed roll 17 and the The strip is wrapped around the platen with the layer c under the ribbon loop 34 as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The strip is led through the loop 34 and the strip L is led over the loop and under the usual typewriter ribbon which is indicated by the reference character 4l. The strip is then led between the transverse guide strips 22. When the strip is in position the typewriter machine may be operated in the usual manner, the type striking' on top of the ribbon 41, and 85 making an impression on each of the strips a, b and c, by reason of the respective ribbon strips which are over them. The typewri'tten matter is visible as soon as the platen is fed forward to bring it out .from under the ribbon in the usual "way Once the strip is led through as above described,

it will be fed forward automatically by the typewriter feed and the cutters 26 will become active in slitting the folded strip into the independent strips a, b, and c. The folded strip 40 may be provided in indefinitev lengths from a supply roll or package (not shown), conveniently located near the outer end of the attachment. lf the strips have a large number of spaced forms printed on them to constitute bills, for example, each bill as completed may be readily removed yfrom the machine by cutting off the strips in any suitable way. Preferably, the edge 135 of the upper guide strip 22 is sharpened as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, to enable the strips to be neatly torn against the cutting edge thus formed.

Nhile l have shown and described my im il@ proved attachment in connection with an Oliver typewriting machine, to which it is particularly well adapted, my invention is not limited in this regard and may be of machines.

Variations in the structure of the attachmentmay be effected within the spirit and scope of my invention, and I intend that only such limitati-ons be imposed as are indicated in the appended claims.

What l claim is:

l. An attachment adapted to be removably secured to thc carriage of a. typewriting machine', comprising a frame, means for 125 guiding a longitudinally folded-strip of fabric, and cutters for severing the strip at the folds.

2. An attachment `adapted to be removably secured to the carriage of a typewrit readily applied to various well known typos 115 l ing machine, comprising a frame, means for guiding a longitudinally folded strip of fabric, and cutters' adjacent to the guide means for severing'the strip at the folds. 3. An attachment adapted to be removably secured to the carriage of a typewriting machine, comprising a lframe having pairs of transverse strips constituting guides for a longitudinally folded strip of fabric, and cutters extending inwardly, from opposite sides of the frame for severing the strip at the folds:

4:. An attachment, for typewriting machines, comprising means -for guiding a lone gitudinally folded strip to 4the platen of the machine, cutters for dividing the-strip along the lines of the fold, and means for supporting superposed strips 'of printingribbon in position to produce .manifold copies on the several copy strips. .A l

5. An attachment adapted to be removably secured to the carriage of a typewriting machine, comprising a frame, means for guiding a longitudinally folded strip of fabric,

side cutters for severing the strip at the folds, and a transverse cutting member.

6. An attachment adapted to be removably secured to the carriage of a typewrit- .ing machine, comprising a frame having pairs of transverse strips constituting guides for a longitudinally folded strip of fabric,

cutters extending inwardly from opposite sides ofthe frame for severing 'the strip atA the folds, and another pair .of transverse strips, one of which is provided with a cutting edge.'

-- 7. An attachment, for typewriting ma-4 chines, comprising means for guiding a lonu g'itudinally folded strip to the platen of the machine, side cutters for dividing they strip along the lines'of the fold, means for supporting superposed strips of printing ribbon in position to produce manifold copies on the several copy strips, and another pair of `4.5 transverse strips, one of which isprovided with a cutting edge,

y 8. An attachment adapted to be remov- A ably secured to the carriage of a typewriting machine, comprising a frame having 4 50 pairs of transverse strips constitutin guides' for a longitudinally folded strip o fabric, cutters extending 'inwardly from `opposite sides of the frame forl severing the stripat `the folds, and means for supporting superposedl strips of printing ribbon in position to produce manifold copies-on the strips.

9. An attachment adapted to beremovably secured tothe carriage of a' typewriting machine,`comprising a 'frame having '6o pairs'of transverse strips constituting guides fora longitudinally folded strip of fabric,

cutters -extending inwardly from opposite sides of the frame for severing the strip at the-folds, means for supporting-superposed strips of printing ribbon in position to probon supports. 1'

'duce manifold copies of the strips, and an other pair of transverse strips, one of which' is provided with a cutting edge.

10. An attachment adapted to be removably secured tothe carriage of a typewriting machine, comprising a frame having pairs of transverse strips constituting guides for a longitudinally folded strip of fabric, cutters extending inwardly from opposite sides. of lthe* frame for severing the strip at vthe folds, and supports removably secured to chines having a carriage, a platen thereon,

andra feed mechanism; comprising a frame adapted to be removably secured to the carriage, guide strips thereon near its respective ends, cutters extending inwardly from lopposite sides of the frame, and another pair of transverse strips, one of which is provided with a cutting edge. f

13. An attachment for typewriting machines having a carriage, a platen thereon, and a feed mechanism; comprising aframe adapted to be removably secured to the carriage, guide stripsthereonnear its respec- K-.tive ends, cutters extending inwardly from opposite sides oftheI frame, and auxiliary .ribbon'supports pivotallyI attached to the frame.

.14, An attachment for typewriting machines havingA a carriage, a platen thereon, and a feed mechanism; comprising a rec- -tangular frame adaptedtobe removably seico cured to the carriage,transverse guide strips thereon in pairs near the respective ends of 4 the frame, cutters extending inwardly from the oppositel side of i:heframe,l and auxiliary ribbon 'supports pivotally and removably attached to the framean'd adapted to extend" over thev platen hear its end, said frame having projectionstto fix the position ofthe ribg15. An attachmentfor typewriting machines havinga carriage, afplaten and a printing ribbon; comprising a frame adapted to b'e removably secured to the carriage and having transversev guide strips to receive a longitudinally folded strip of paper, cutters 'extending inwardly from the sides of .the fra-me for cutting the` strip longitudinally along the lines of the folds, and rib- '.bon` supports secured -to the frame and adapted to stretchla plurality of superposed printing ribbon strips between the platen.l

and the ribbon of` the typewriting machine,

whereby the strips after being c ut may be.

fed in position to receive an impression either from the typewriter ribbon or from the copy ribbon.

16. An attachment for typewriting ma- -ohineshaving a carriage, a platen and a printing ribbon; comprising a frame adapted to be removably secured to the carriage and having transverse guide strips to receive a longitudinally folded strip of paper, cut,- ters extending inwardly from the sides of the frame for cutting the strip longitudinally along the lines'of the folds, and ribbon 

